THE SOMME COMMUNES
AN IMPOSING FRENCH CEREMONY. Ren!pr'- Telearam. (Received July" 12 1.15 a.m.) j . PARIS, July 11. I Amid appropriate military honours and stirring patriotic speeches, 349 Somme communes received the Croix do Guerre at the hands of the Minister fort War, yVI. Barthou. Marshal Foeh assistedLord Cavan, representing Britain, was also present, ;i * well as the Mayors of the municipalities of prominent English 'towns, which adopted the ruined Somme villages.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10950, 12 July 1921, Page 6
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72THE SOMME COMMUNES New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10950, 12 July 1921, Page 6
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